They are either oven baked or fried, and the basic flavors are meat, chicken, ham and cheese, cheese and onion, but you can find them filled with fish, mushrooms, pork, veal, and sweet ones with apple and cinnamon, dulce de leche, chocolate, etc.
We have empanadas de harina (flour dough) and empanadas de maíz (corn). For empanadas de harina, the filling can be pretty much anything but the most popular are white cheese (queso fresco), meat or chicken. B
For empanadas de maíz we traditionally fill them with meat or chicken.
Oven or fried. The most traditional fillings are Pino (ground beef with onions, boiled egg and seasoning) and Queso (cheese). There’s also Napolitana (neapolitan) with cheese, ham, tomatoes and oregano, kinda like a pizza.
In coastal areas Empanadas Camarón-Queso (Shrimp-cheese) are the norm and city vegans eat Corn-cheese or spinach-cheese.
They are more similar to the Argentinian style. Baked and regular flour based pastry.
Main difference is that the chicken empanada is the usual favorite. Its shredded chicken and it has eggs and olives. They usually powder these with a bit of powdered sugar too. Its a slightly sweet but its mostly to tell the difference between the Beef from the Chicken empanada.
Ours are either in the oven or fried, typically made with corn or wheat but we also have them made with yuca. Filled with beef and eggs (is how my mom makes them), but my favorite one is ham and cheese empanada
In oven: filled with “pino”, a mixture of ground beef, onion and spices; boiled eggs, olives and raisins (some ppl don’t like raisins in empanadas) In the south of the country ppl fry them instead.
Fried ones, most commonly filled with cheese, and cheese and other stuff (shrimp, oyster, that kind of seafood)
Both are whole meals. We have vegetarian options (cheese, spinach, mushrooms, sweet corn) but they’re not traditional.
Baked or deep fried. Filling is usually ground pork or chicken with seasoned with onions, garlic, peas, carrots, etc. actually quite similar to the ones I’ve seen written here so far but less exciting.
They’re oven or fried, the oven ones are called “hojaldradas” and are usually a mix: chicken or meat with boiled egg and rice, ham and cheese, sausage and cheese, …; the fried ones are made from corn: meat, potato and meat, chicken, and cheese are the most popular ones.
Then we have the pastel: they are made of mashed potato (pastel de papa) or cassava flour (pastel de yuca) contain a mixture of rice/potato and ground beef with a boiled egg and are fried. Finally an special mention to aborrajados (mashed platain stuffed with guava and then fried).
The dough can be wheat, corn, or yucca flour. Most common fillings are pizza (tomato sauce, oregano, cheese, pepperoni), cheese, cheese and ham, chicken, ground beef, eggs…
The best empanadas are from the Northwest of the country, where it’s basically a staple. My favourite are empanadas tucumanas (especially with “carne cortada a cuchillo” which is basically beef cut like in small strips) and salteñas (they add potato to empanadas).
In the rest of the country, the normal empanadas you can find at any store are made of ground beef, chicken, ham and cheese, roquefort cheese and vegetables.
I can fall out of bed and find empanadas nearby here in Miami.
I was in Springfield, Missouri (in the middle of Guajiroville), and found an Argentino from my Dad’s childhood neighborhood en Chacaritas – who moved there from North Miami.
I know this could mean by permanent expulsion from Argentina and my citizenship being revoked but I must say the best empanadas I ever had were on Chile, bought to a woman who was selling them in the street in Chiloé while we waited for the ferry to take us to the mainland. Perhaps I was just very hungry but I enjoyed them so intensely I still remember them
Wheat flour based, baked or fried. Usually beef (many varieties with their own spin, sweet or savory. My favorite ones are árabes/sfijas) o but also corn with cheese, ham and cheese, spinach, tuna, chicken, caprese (iirc tomato basil and cheese), 4 cheeses etc
Over or fried. The meat ones are so delicious and the dough is mouthwatering.
Shoutout to Argentinan empanadas, Peruvian chicken ones are the best and Salteñas in Bolivia also very tasty, like a mix between a dumpling and an empanada.
Idk I don’t understand my country :/
For me they’re similar wheat dough based quesadillas fried or baked but then I visited other regions in the south and they gave me a deep fried quesadilla…
Made out of yellow or white precooked corn meal (the one we make arepas with).Fried and with a vast array of fillings: pork,seafood,shredded chicken,ground beef, potatoes and cheese,you name it and they make it in at least one state. There’s also the ones they make in the Andean states,made out of regular wheat flour and they put some boiled egg and other stuff inside.
Fucking terrible! Every time I go to a new city in the EEUU, and Vancouver Canada last weekend, I search empanadas. I’ve only been disappointed. I’d do anything for the empanadas and salteñas in Bolivia
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In my country we make Fried Plantain Empanadas
It can be a dessert or an appetizer. Sometimes they are filled with jam and other times with tuna, ground meat or ham with cheese.
They are either oven baked or fried, and the basic flavors are meat, chicken, ham and cheese, cheese and onion, but you can find them filled with fish, mushrooms, pork, veal, and sweet ones with apple and cinnamon, dulce de leche, chocolate, etc.
fried
/s
We only have them as “ethnic food” here in some Brazilian cities, but manly because we have our own version of it, kinda, the pastel.
No sé tú, pero donde yo vivo, usualmente están empanadas.
We have empanadas de harina (flour dough) and empanadas de maíz (corn). For empanadas de harina, the filling can be pretty much anything but the most popular are white cheese (queso fresco), meat or chicken. B
For empanadas de maíz we traditionally fill them with meat or chicken.
Fried, can be made of corn dough or wheat flour. Some people use puff pastry or something similar and bake it. The stuffing can be anything.
Oven or fried. The most traditional fillings are Pino (ground beef with onions, boiled egg and seasoning) and Queso (cheese). There’s also Napolitana (neapolitan) with cheese, ham, tomatoes and oregano, kinda like a pizza.
In coastal areas Empanadas Camarón-Queso (Shrimp-cheese) are the norm and city vegans eat Corn-cheese or spinach-cheese.
They are more similar to the Argentinian style. Baked and regular flour based pastry.
Main difference is that the chicken empanada is the usual favorite. Its shredded chicken and it has eggs and olives. They usually powder these with a bit of powdered sugar too. Its a slightly sweet but its mostly to tell the difference between the Beef from the Chicken empanada.
Beef empanada has raisins and also egg.
Ours are either in the oven or fried, typically made with corn or wheat but we also have them made with yuca. Filled with beef and eggs (is how my mom makes them), but my favorite one is ham and cheese empanada
In oven: filled with “pino”, a mixture of ground beef, onion and spices; boiled eggs, olives and raisins (some ppl don’t like raisins in empanadas) In the south of the country ppl fry them instead.
Fried ones, most commonly filled with cheese, and cheese and other stuff (shrimp, oyster, that kind of seafood)
Both are whole meals. We have vegetarian options (cheese, spinach, mushrooms, sweet corn) but they’re not traditional.
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Baked or deep fried. Filling is usually ground pork or chicken with seasoned with onions, garlic, peas, carrots, etc. actually quite similar to the ones I’ve seen written here so far but less exciting.
They’re oven or fried, the oven ones are called “hojaldradas” and are usually a mix: chicken or meat with boiled egg and rice, ham and cheese, sausage and cheese, …; the fried ones are made from corn: meat, potato and meat, chicken, and cheese are the most popular ones.
Then we have the pastel: they are made of mashed potato (pastel de papa) or cassava flour (pastel de yuca) contain a mixture of rice/potato and ground beef with a boiled egg and are fried. Finally an special mention to aborrajados (mashed platain stuffed with guava and then fried).
Fried or baked, but fried are the most common.
The dough can be wheat, corn, or yucca flour. Most common fillings are pizza (tomato sauce, oregano, cheese, pepperoni), cheese, cheese and ham, chicken, ground beef, eggs…
The best empanadas are from the Northwest of the country, where it’s basically a staple. My favourite are empanadas tucumanas (especially with “carne cortada a cuchillo” which is basically beef cut like in small strips) and salteñas (they add potato to empanadas).
In the rest of the country, the normal empanadas you can find at any store are made of ground beef, chicken, ham and cheese, roquefort cheese and vegetables.
I can fall out of bed and find empanadas nearby here in Miami.
I was in Springfield, Missouri (in the middle of Guajiroville), and found an Argentino from my Dad’s childhood neighborhood en Chacaritas – who moved there from North Miami.
Mundo pequeño
Check out all the flavors:
https://preview.redd.it/4bfi335jl9ue1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac40ed97032ae1904f879e84ab79de0736ba729d
I know this could mean by permanent expulsion from Argentina and my citizenship being revoked but I must say the best empanadas I ever had were on Chile, bought to a woman who was selling them in the street in Chiloé while we waited for the ferry to take us to the mainland. Perhaps I was just very hungry but I enjoyed them so intensely I still remember them
Wheat flour based, baked or fried. Usually beef (many varieties with their own spin, sweet or savory. My favorite ones are árabes/sfijas) o but also corn with cheese, ham and cheese, spinach, tuna, chicken, caprese (iirc tomato basil and cheese), 4 cheeses etc
there are no empanadas in my country
Heavenly
Over or fried. The meat ones are so delicious and the dough is mouthwatering.
Shoutout to Argentinan empanadas, Peruvian chicken ones are the best and Salteñas in Bolivia also very tasty, like a mix between a dumpling and an empanada.
I love empanadas.
Very expensive.
Fried. Corn or wheat dough. And called “pastelitos” instead of “empanadas”.
Fillings are usually one of these two:
Ground Beef
Onion
Bits of carrot
Bits of potato
Spices, usually salt/pepper/cumin
Shredded chicken
Seasoning
And most folks I know take a bite off a corner, and then add hot sauce to the inside between each bite.
They are a common breakfast food and post-party food late night.
https://preview.redd.it/u33z78dd3aue1.jpeg?width=275&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2482cbd60b70dcd8b27b18f042494012ce625e58
Idk I don’t understand my country :/
For me they’re similar wheat dough based quesadillas fried or baked but then I visited other regions in the south and they gave me a deep fried quesadilla…
Made out of yellow or white precooked corn meal (the one we make arepas with).Fried and with a vast array of fillings: pork,seafood,shredded chicken,ground beef, potatoes and cheese,you name it and they make it in at least one state. There’s also the ones they make in the Andean states,made out of regular wheat flour and they put some boiled egg and other stuff inside.
Very hard to make!
Salteñas.
Mostly ok. But I have eaten some that were awful.
But it is extremely rare that bought empanadas are eaten at home. I buy “tapas” from a well known brand and they are filled at home.
Fried.
There are many different ones, but my favorite are the fried dough ones filled with shredded beef or cheese
https://preview.redd.it/btd8e80q4bue1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=d866f3767d8969129b89242aa512a8b778aef9e1
Fried.
Like this
https://preview.redd.it/lahw96r5obue1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dad345555824f0f70a543292fcc96d0ef2f2710
We do have argentinian style empanadas too but we call those argentinian empanadas, the ones in the picture are the default here
Fucking terrible! Every time I go to a new city in the EEUU, and Vancouver Canada last weekend, I search empanadas. I’ve only been disappointed. I’d do anything for the empanadas and salteñas in Bolivia